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BANCAT launches fundraising campaign
Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust - BANCAT launched its fundraising campaign in light of the month of giving. Under the campaign, BANCAT will be raising funds for treatment of cancer patients from the underserved community of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust - BANCAT launched its fundraising campaign in light of the month of giving. Under the campaign, BANCAT will be raising funds for treatment of cancer patients from the underserved community of Bangladesh.
It was a virtual fundraising attended by Lady Syeda Sarwat Abed, Founder and Director of the BRAC Institute of Languages (BIL), BRAC University, Sara Zaker, media personality, Syed Mahbubur Rahman, MD & CEO, Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. and such who spoke and shared their stories on how cancer have impacted their lives. Shehwar and Maria, international content creator, joined the event from London pledging to raise fund and awareness for BANCAT.
Rokia elected chairman of Midas Financing Star Business Desk Star Business Desk
Rokia Afzal Rahman has recently been elected chairman of the board of directors of Midas Financing Ltd, one of the leading non-bank financial institutions in Bangladesh.
She is a former adviser to a caretaker government and former director of the board of the central bank.
The entrepreneur was also the president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka and the Bangladesh Employers Federation. She was Bangladesh s first female manager of a bank.
Involved in the media, insurance and agro-business, the noted entrepreneur is also the vice-president of the International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh.
The country's leading English newspaper, The Daily Star, yesterday celebrated its Staff Day with the slogan "Glorious 50 Years of Independence; Courageous 30 Years of journalism". The two-and-half-hour long programme was hosted virtually from The Daily Star Centre in the capital to mark its 30th founding anniversary. The programme began with a tribute to the memory of late
Bangladesh Lamps declares 10pc cash dividend
Shahnaz Rahman, chairperson of Bangladesh Lamps Ltd, manufacturer of electric bulbs, energy saving lamps and tube lights of Transtec brand, presides over the company’s 59th annual general meeting through a digital platform on Tuesday. The company declared cash dividend at a rate of Tk 1 per share for the year ending on June 2020. Simeen Rahman, managing director and CEO of the company, conducted the meeting. Photo: Bangladesh Lamps Star Business Desk Star Business Desk
Bangladesh Lamps Limited, manufacturer of electric bulbs, energy saving lamps and tube lights of Transtec brand, has declared a cash dividend at the rate of Tk1 per share. The declaration came at the 59th annual general meeting of the company held on Tuesday through a digital platform.